---
type: "Bill"
title: "State waters; persons commercially cutting aquatic plants required to remove cut plants, criminal penalties established"
description: "Conservation & Natural Resources; Waters & Boating"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 64"
citation: "Alabama SB 64 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation & Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Livingston"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/569d7935-82ee-4756-8ada-44b65713e587"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "86430f604c95158478295929e45fe9ec8ccb0a05449bf11e5014aa6f822ae7bd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 64 (2025rs) — State waters; persons commercially cutting aquatic plants required to remove cut plants, criminal penalties established

Conservation & Natural Resources; Waters & Boating

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB64-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB64-eng.pdf)
3. **Livingston motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 113** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/G1LG2C6-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB64-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Livingston — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 314 `passage`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture and Forestry)
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Agriculture and Forestry)
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 114 `passage`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Livingston motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 113
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Amendment Offered (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Amendment (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/569d7935-82ee-4756-8ada-44b65713e587`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).